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An All-Region sprinter as a sophomore, the Valley View standout finished the regular season as the top sprinter in the Lackawanna Track Conference Division I.

She ran her fastest times in the final meet against Scranton.

In the 100-meter dash, Lucke ran a 12.3, which converts to 12.54 on a fully automatic time, and had a 26.0 or 26.24 in the 200. To put into perspective how far she has advanced, last season, her best times were 13.00 in the 100 and 26.40 in the 200.

In addition, she added the 400 to her resume and that could be her best event down the road.

Her best time is a 1:01.84.

Mile high

It was a good final week of the regular season for runners in the 1,600-meter run.

On Monday, in the season finale, Honesdale's Summer Hill won the race against North Pocono in 4 minutes, 57.8. At the time that was the sixth-fastest time run in the state according to the Pennsylvania Track and Field Coaches Association list of top performances.

One day later, Abington Heights' Tessa Barrett ran a school-record time of 4:52.2. That puts her second in the state behind Elk County Catholic's Kennedy Weisner, who has run a 4:51.06.

Holy Cross senior Rico Galassi is now on the state ranking list. His 4:19.36 he ran to win the 1,600 at the Wyalusing Lasagna meet has him 10th in the state, while his 9:10.57 is first, listed on the website ptfca.com. Cardinal O'Hara's Kevin James is second at 9:15.72.

It honors legendary conference meet director Robert Spagna, and if this year's event is anything like last year, it could be an amazing night of competition.

A total of 14 meet records were set in last year's meet. This will be the ninth time the conference meet has been held in its latest reincarnation.

Last season, Scranton Prep won the boys Class AAA title, while Holy Cross won the boys Class AA championship. Western Wayne won the girls Class AAA and Holy Cross and Lakeland shared the Class AA title.

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